30 schools can vie for $500,000 in state program grants

Funding aims to help struggling communities

11:40 PM,
Aug. 26, 2013

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Thirty schools will be eligible for up to $500,000 in state grants through a new community-schools program launched Monday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Cuomo outlined the plan in his State of the State address in January as a way to help struggling communities with additional services for children and their families through the school districts.

The program is being modeled after other successful initiatives in the country, including the Harlem Children's Zone, that provide an expanded range of help from ailing families, such as health services and counseling. ...